Valongo, the
largest slave market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was the port through which more slaves
passed than any other in the Americas. In the nineteenth century, part of the slaves
traded at this market remained in Rio, but another part was resold from Valongo to markets
in the Brazilian interior. The image is of a view of Valongo’s market published in the
journal of Maria Graham, an English woman who visited Brazil in the early 1820’s. The
image is reproduced courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.

Year:

1820

Source:

Maria Graham [Lady Maria Callcott], Journal of a
voyage to Brazil and residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823 (London,
1824), facing title page